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Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky

Name: Springfield Livestock Auction - Kentucky livestock auction prices — 2021-08-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Springfield, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 2

● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2209

← Jul 26Aug 2Aug 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

772 head

▼ 147 vs last sale 919▼ 161 vs year ago 933 · −17.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

71 head

▲ 34 vs last sale 37▲ 12 vs year ago 59 · +20.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. There was very good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. There was good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.39/cwt on 376 head.

Average price

$142.39

376 head · 630 lb average

Value per head Derived

$897

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$22.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.46

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	632	143.25	905	362
Medium and Large 2-3	597	120.35	719	14thin

One grade step is worth $22.89/cwt here — about $186 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale376 hd

142.39

—

KY average26 barns · 4,319 hd

140.93

+1.46

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,486	101.61	1,510	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,625	79.41	1,291	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,257	74.71	939	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	901	62.82	566	5thin

Every lot

84 lots · USDA AMS · Washington Co. Cattle Sale - Springfield, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	331	163.50/cwt	159.00–171.00	541	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	360	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	720	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	378	167.93/cwt	160.00–174.00	635	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	385	150.49/cwt	150.00–151.00	579	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	423	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	643	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	168.98/cwt	162.00–176.00	722	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	450	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	680	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	456	171.01/cwt	170.50–172.00	780	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	163.99/cwt	154.00–168.00	795	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	515	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	891	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	162.91/cwt	154.00–168.00	849	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	164.86/cwt	153.00–168.00	951	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	590	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	873	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	613	151.82/cwt	150.00–152.50	931	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	163.62/cwt	159.00–168.50	1,021	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	650	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	917	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	669	152.84/cwt	145.00–156.50	1,022	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	738	144.98/cwt	143.00–147.00	1,070	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	761	148.12/cwt	140.00–152.00	1,127	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	809	152.95/cwt	152.95–152.95	1,237	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	825	136.71/cwt	132.00–140.00	1,128	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	915	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	906	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	920	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,178	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	283	146.24/cwt	142.00–152.00	414	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	325	147.58/cwt	143.00–155.00	480	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	366	152.19/cwt	150.00–157.00	557	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	386	130.30/cwt	125.00–132.00	503	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	419	147.15/cwt	141.00–155.50	617	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	466	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	746	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	151.00/cwt	141.00–155.00	716	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	495	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	653	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	503	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	780	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	515	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	623	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	147.30/cwt	140.00–150.00	766	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	557	151.74/cwt	150.00–152.00	845	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	141.36/cwt	134.00–145.00	806	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	580	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	702	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	606	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	909	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	621	139.03/cwt	130.00–146.00	863	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	662	138.63/cwt	130.00–141.50	918	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	666	149.02/cwt	147.75–149.50	992	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	686	123.43/cwt	120.00–124.50	847	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	740	133.57/cwt	120.00–135.50	988	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	759	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,066	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	767	123.72/cwt	121.00–129.00	949	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	775	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	860	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	835	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	852	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	835	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	835	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	865	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	908	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	875	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	744	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	265	158.47/cwt	157.00–160.00	420	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	336	176.88/cwt	170.00–178.50	594	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	340	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	519	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	377	157.48/cwt	149.00–163.00	594	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	163.28/cwt	160.00–167.00	691	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	427	143.35/cwt	141.00–145.00	612	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	466	153.18/cwt	149.00–156.00	714	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	495	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	648	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	510	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	663	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	148.40/cwt	142.00–155.00	778	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	144.62/cwt	140.00–150.00	829	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	595	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	774	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	615	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	806	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	135.01/cwt	130.00–141.00	834	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	661	135.37/cwt	130.00–141.50	895	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	685	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	801	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	715	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	844	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	728	130.09/cwt	125.00–135.00	947	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	772	116.64/cwt	115.00–117.50	900	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	828	108.49/cwt	108.00–109.00	898	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	838	94.00/cwt	93.00–95.00	788	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	850	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	791	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	885	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	797	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,020	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	857	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,140	90.50/cwt	90.50–90.50	1,032	1
Bulls	—	—	1,183	98.72/cwt	94.00–101.50	1,168	3
Bulls	—	—	1,905	108.21/cwt	105.50–113.00	2,061	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	790	44.50/cwt	44.50–44.50	352	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	929	67.40/cwt	65.00–71.00	626	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,221	73.27/cwt	68.00–76.00	895	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,235	62.58/cwt	58.50–65.50	773	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,304	79.93/cwt	78.50–82.50	1,042	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,602	77.75/cwt	76.00–79.50	1,246	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,660	81.89/cwt	80.50–83.50	1,359	6

This sale against other markets

Kentucky weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Washington Co. Cattle Sale - Springfield, KY

Mon Aug 2, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 772Last week 919Year ago 933

Slaughter CattleReceipts 71Last week 37Year ago 59

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	336	170.00–178.50	176.88
4	—	618	130.00–141.00	135.01
1	—	850	93.00	93.00
3	—	772	115.00–117.50	116.64
14	—	573	140.00–150.00	144.62
2	—	828	108.00–109.00	108.49
2	—	728	125.00–135.00	130.09
6	—	423	160.00–167.00	163.28
8	—	661	130.00–141.50	135.37
7	—	377	149.00–163.00	157.48
10	—	466	149.00–156.00	153.18
7	—	524	142.00–155.00	148.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	131.00	131.00
1	—	1,020	84.00	84.00
1	—	885	90.00	90.00
1	—	595	130.00	130.00
1	—	715	118.00	118.00
3	—	427	141.00–145.00	143.35
1	—	615	131.00	131.00
1	—	685	117.00	117.00
2	—	265	157.00–160.00	158.47
2	—	838	93.00–95.00	94.00
1	—	340	152.50	152.50
1	—	510	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	102.00	102.00
3	—	283	142.00–152.00	146.24
1	—	865	105.00	105.00
18	—	474	141.00–155.00	151.00
9	—	767	121.00–129.00	123.72
7	—	366	150.00–157.00	152.19
3	—	325	143.00–155.00	147.58
34	—	740	120.00–135.50	133.57
35	—	621	130.00–146.00	139.03
27	—	520	140.00–150.00	147.30
34	—	662	130.00–141.50	138.63
15	—	570	134.00–145.00	141.36
13	—	419	141.00–155.50	147.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	606	150.00	150.00
56	—	666	147.75–149.50	149.02
5	—	503	155.00	155.00
8	—	557	150.00–152.00	151.74
69	—	759	140.50	140.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	466	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	85.00	85.00
1	—	835	100.00	100.00
1	—	515	121.00	121.00
1	—	495	132.00	132.00
4	—	386	125.00–132.00	130.30
1	—	775	111.00	111.00
4	—	686	120.00–124.50	123.43
1	—	580	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	521	154.00–168.00	162.91
34	—	761	140.00–152.00	148.12
2	—	738	143.00–147.00	144.98
42	—	669	145.00–156.50	152.84
27	—	624	159.00–168.50	163.62
1	—	920	128.00	128.00
9	—	825	132.00–140.00	136.71
9	—	485	154.00–168.00	163.99
7	—	427	162.00–176.00	168.98
5	—	331	159.00–171.00	163.50
8	—	378	160.00–174.00	167.93
26	—	577	153.00–168.00	164.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	809	152.95	152.95
1	—	515	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	200.00	200.00
8	—	456	170.50–172.00	171.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	915	99.00	99.00
2	—	385	150.00–151.00	150.49
2	—	423	152.00	152.00
1	—	650	141.00	141.00
6	—	613	150.00–152.50	151.82
1	—	450	151.00	151.00
1	—	590	148.00	148.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,304	78.50–82.50	79.93
11	—	1,221	68.00–76.00	73.27
3	—	1,235	58.50–65.50	62.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	44.50	44.50
4	—	929	65.00–71.00	67.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,660	80.50–83.50	81.89
9	—	1,602	76.00–79.50	77.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	90.50	90.50
3	—	1,905	105.50–113.00	108.21
3	—	1,183	94.00–101.50	98.72

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.